Dressmaker&#39;s fitting-stand.



No. 837,916. PATENTED DEG. 11, 1906.

. DRESSMAKERS FITTING STAND.

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VICTOR H. OANHAM, OF GUELPH, ONTARIO. CANADA.

DRESSNIAKERS FITTING-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

Application filed March 3, 1906. Serial No. 304,116.

T0 @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, VICTOR HENRY CAN- HAM, manufacturer, a subject ofHis Majesty King Edward VII, residing at the city of Guelph, in thecounty of Wellington and Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in DressmakersFitting-Stands, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to improvements in dressmakers itting-stands, inwhich the center of the table is rigid and stationary and is surroundedby a wide movable rim edge or border capable of being elevated ordepressed for the purpose of testing and leveling the lower hem ofladies and childrens dressskirts 5 and the object of the improvements isto provide a better means of elevating the movable rim edge or borderand to operate a correspondingly-adjustable measuring tape and toprovide a stad or hand-support for the person whose dress-skirt is beingadjusted to steady themselves with while the work is being done. Iattain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure lis a perspective view of my improveddressmakers fitting-stand, showing the supporting-staff and the meansfor operating the elevating mechanism. Fig. II is a front view of myimproved dressmakers itting-stand with the front board removed and thelegs in section, showing in elevation the elevating-chains and thewindlass-roller on which they are wound. Fig. III is a bottom view of myimproved dressmakers fitting-stand, showing a plan of theoperatingchains, the windlass-roller, and the arrangement for paying outand winding in the measuring-tape, the legs being shownin cross-section.Fig. IV is a detail view showing in section one of the hollow legs ofthe stand with the elevating-stem carrying the outer rim edge or borderof the stand and to the lower ends of which the elevating-chains areattached. FigV is a detail view showing the compensating spring insertedinto the path of the cord for winding in and paying out themeasuring-tape.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the drawings.

A is the wide outer rim edge or border of the dressmakers fitting-stand;B, the stationary central platform', C, the frame, and D the legs, whileE E E E are the wire-rod stems by which the wide surrounding edge A israised. This is accomplished by means of chains e e e e, which areattached to their lower ends, as shown in Fig. IV. These chains run overpulleys ff, as shown in Fig. II, one in each corner of the stand and arewound on a windlass-roller F, as shown in Fig. HI. A ratchet-wheel G,Figs. I and HI, is attached to the axle at the front end of thewindlass-roller F and is operated by the handle G', while a dog or pawlG locks the same at any desired point. The dog is pivoted onto theframeC and maybe operated by pressing on the free end of the same.

The measuring-tape M is attached to the front of the movable wide rimedge or border A and passes downward through a slot in the frame O,thence under one ofthebraces carrying the central stationary platform toa compensating spring m, to the other end of which a cord n is attached,the cord also passing loosely through the compensating spring m andbeing attached to the measuring-tape M. From the other end of the springthe cord passes through a block o or round a pulley, and turning atright angles is wound onto the windlass-roller F. y

A staff l?, with head passing freely through a hole in the movable rimA, its into a socket p in the frame, Fig. III, which serves as ahand-rest and support for the person whose dress is being fitted.

As will readily be seen, the chains attached to the lower ends of thewire-rod stems supporting the movable rim edge or border can be wound onthe windlass-roller by means of the crank-handle attached to the frontend of the same, thus raising the movable surrounding rim of the stand,while by means of the I ratchet-wheel and pawl it can be locked at anydesired point, the same action also winding in and paying out themeasuring-tape, while the compensating spring attached therleto takes upany slack in the tape or corc.

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

l. The improvement in dressmakers itting-stands comprising a stationarycentral platform on a suitable frame surrounded by a wide movable rimedge or border consisting of elevating-stems carrying the said wide rimedge or border, hollow legs bored for the reception of theelevating-stems, chains attached to the lower ends of saidelevatingstems, guide-pulleys attached to the frame near the top of thehollow legs for the pur- ICO IIO

pose of guiding said chains, a Windlass-roller and operating-crankrunning from the front the back of the frame under the centralstationary platform, upon Which the chains are Wound, and a ratchet andpavvl for locking the same situated on the front end of theWindlass-roller and the frame respectively as hereinbefore described.

2. The improvement in dressmakers tting-stands comprising a l stationarycentral platformen a suitable frame, surrounded by a Wide movable rimedge or border; vconsisting lof a measuring-tape attached to the irontedge of the said Wide movable rim edge or border of' the stand, saidtape passing down through `a slot in the front `of the frame thence backunder the stationary-central platform, a compensating spring introducedinto the path of the tape for the purpose of taking up any slacktherein, and a small pulleyblock 'for the purpose of changing thedirection of the tape so that it can be Wound on the beforementionedWindlass-roller, substantially as hereinbefore described.

3. The improvement in dressmakers iitting-stands comprising a stationarycentral platform on a suitable frame7 surrounded by a Wide movable rimedge or border; and a vertical staff With suitable cross-head, passingthrough a hole in the said Wide movable rim edge or border, its lowerend being inserted into a suitable socket in the frame underneath, forthe vpurpose of forming va handsupport yfor the person using the 4stand`as hereinbefore described.

In testimony whereof l have :signed my name to this specification in thepresence l'of two vsubscribing Witnesses.

VICTOR H. CANHAM.

Witnesses:

S. MCCRAE, D. H. BARLOW.

